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Anti-royalist arrested for plotting assault on Prince Charles

Police catch 74-year-old man on closed circuit cameras just before Charles and Camilla arrive for walkabout in New Zealand.

Prince Charles has sweat wiped from his face after one of the members of the New Zealand women's sevens rugby team broke with protocol and gave him a hug at the AUT Millennium, New Zealand's national training center for high performance sports on Monday. (Ross Setford / AP)

By Thestar.com

Mon., Nov. 12, 2012

In the world of royal tours, awkward moments come with the territory.

Keeping a sense of humour helps, though not all these situations are friendly, as Prince Charles and Camilla found out on Monday.

Case in point: A 74-year-old “known anti-royalist” was arrested in Auckland, charged with “preparing to commit a crime, namely assault,” according to police.

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